2008 ASTRA Awards - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 6th Annual ASTRA Awards
ASTRA Awards
The ASTRA Awards are the Australian subscription television industry awards, which have been presented annually since 2003. The awards are named after the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association, and have a sponsorship deal with Holden Astra, who are the awards presenting...

were presented on Monday, 21 April 2008 at the Hordern Pavilion

Hordern Pavilion

The Hordern Pavilion is a building located in Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on the grounds of the old Sydney Showground. "The Hordern", as it is affectionally known by Sydneysiders, has been an architecturally and socially significant Sydney landmark since its construction in 1924...

in Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

Hall of Fame

Channel of the Year

Winner:

FOX8

Fox8 is an Australian cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television's subscription platforms...

Nominated:

The History Channel

Sky News

Sky News Australia

Sky News Australia is an Australian 24 hour cable and satellite news channel available in 2.5 million homes on Foxtel, Austar, Optus Television and Neighbourhood Cable subscription platforms....

Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon Australia

Nickelodeon is the Australian counterpart of the Nickelodeon network in the United States. It is operated by a joint venture of XYZnetworks and MTV Networks Australia.-History:...

Fox Sports

Fox Sports (Australia)

Fox Sports is an Australia group of sports channels. They are owned by the Premier Media Group, which is in turn owned by News Corporation, and Consolidated Media Holdings. Its main competitors are ESPN, which has little local content and the free-to-air digital channel One HD...

Talent

Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor – Male

Winner:

Stephen Curry – The King
The King (2007 film)
The King: The Story of Graham Kennedy is an Australian telemovie examining the life of Australian entertainer Graham Kennedy.Produced in Australia by the Sydney based independent production company Crackerjack Productions for TV1 and the Nine Network, The King was first shown on 20 May 2007 on TV1...

(TV1

TV1 (Australia)

TV1 is an Australian cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television's subscription platforms.-History:TV1 launched as part of the original Galaxy lineup. The channel is jointly owned by Sony International Television, Universal Studios and Paramount. The channel shows...

)

Nominated:

Brendan Cowell

Brendan Cowell is an Australian actor, screenwriter and director. Cowell was born in Sydney. He stumbled upon acting by accident while waiting for his sister to come out of a rehearsal; he was then cast in a commercial at age 8...

– Love My Way
Love My Way
Love My Way was a Logie Award winning and critically acclaimed Australian television drama series. It won the AFI award for Best Television Drama Series for each of its three seasons ....

(Showtime

Showtime Australia

For the American service, see ShowtimeShowtime Movie Channels is an Australian pay-TV movie service, available on the Foxtel, Optus and Austar TV platforms, the service consists of five original channels , three HD simulcasts For the American service, see ShowtimeShowtime Movie Channels is an...

)

Wayne Hope

Wayne Hope is an Australian actor, writer, director, and producer. He is married to comedienne and actress Robyn Butler. Together they run the production company Gristmill. He is mainly known for his comedic roles in television and film.-Television:...

– Stupid, Stupid Man
Stupid, Stupid Man
Stupid, Stupid Man is an Australian television comedy which originally aired on TV1. It is set in the office of a fictional men's magazine COQ , parodying such men's magazines as FHM and Ralph. The first season began broadcasting on 14 November 2006, and a second season began on 11 December 2007...

(TV1

TV1 (Australia)

)

Ben Mendelsohn

Paul Benjamin "Ben" Mendelsohn is an Australian actor.-Early life:Mendelsohn was born in Melbourne, Australia, the son of Carole Ann and Frederick Mendelsohn. He attended Heidelberg Primary School and Banyule High School. His father is a prominent medical researcher who heads the Howard Florey...

Showtime Australia

)

Dan Wyllie

Daniel Wyllie

Daniel Wyllie is an Australian stage, film and television actor. Wyllie has began acting on the stage and has a much lauded body of work in the theatre genre....

Showtime Australia

)

Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor – Female

Winner:

Claudia Karvan

Claudia Karvan is an Australian actress popular for her roles in the television series The Secret Life of Us and Love My Way. She is also a producer and writer on Love My Way. She currently stars in the drama series Spirited...

Showtime Australia

)

Nominated:

Diana Glenn

-Life:Glenn has an English father, Greek mother and three siblings. The family migrated to Australia when she was 14. She went to Melbourne Girls Grammar School and studied arts at Monash University and Melbourne University.-Career:...

– Satisfaction
Satisfaction (TV series)
Satisfaction is an Australian television drama series which screened on the subscription television channel Showcase. It also screens in the Republic of Ireland on free-to-air channel TV3 and its sister channel 3e and in New Zealand on free-to-air channel TV2 respectively.The series was filmed in...

(Showcase

Showtime Australia

)

Asher Keddie

Asher Keddie is an Australian actress who is perhaps best known for her role in the Australian television series Offspring. She is also known for her theatre work and leading roles in the television series Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo, Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities and Love My...

Showtime Australia

)

Bojana Novakovic

Bojana Novakovic is a Serbian Australian actress who works in Australia and the United States.-Early and personal life:Novakovic was born in 1981 in Serbia. She moved to Australia in 1988, at the age of seven. Novakovic was initially interested in becoming a social worker or doctor, but after a...

Showtime Australia

)

Alison Whyte

Alison Whyte is a Tasmanian-born Australian actress best known for her role on the Australian television series Frontline and Satisfaction....

Showtime Australia

)

Most Outstanding Performance by a Presenter

Winner:

David Speers

David Speers is an Australian journalist and the political editor at Sky News Australia. He worked with the Macquarie Radio Network, including the station 2GB, and the Southern Cross radio network, including stations 2UE and 3AW, before joining Sky in 2000. He has been a member of the National...

– Agenda (Sky News

Sky News Australia

Sky News Australia is an Australian 24 hour cable and satellite news channel available in 2.5 million homes on Foxtel, Austar, Optus Television and Neighbourhood Cable subscription platforms....

)

Nominated:

Jimmy Barnes

James Dixon Swan , better known as Jimmy Barnes, is a Scottish-born Australian rock singer-songwriter. His father Jim Swan was a prizefighter and his older brother John Swan is also a rock singer. It was actually John who had encouraged and taught Jim how to sing as he wasn't really interested at...

– The Know
The Know
The Know is an Australian talk show on Max. The pop culture show features Yumi Stynes, musician Jimmy Barnes and actress Lisa Hensley as the main show hosts along with former Machine Gun Fellatio keyboardist, Chit Chat Von Loopin Stab. The show discusses and reviews movies, music, television and...

(Max)

Helen Dalley

Helen Dalley is an award winning Australian journalist, who formerly worked for Kerry Packer's Publishing and Broadcasting Limited media stable. She is best known for her work on the Nine Network television programs Sunday, Today and A Current Affair...

– Sunday Business
Sunday Business
Sunday Business was a national Sunday broadsheet financial newspaper published in the United Kingdom, which ran from 1996 to 2006, when it was turned into a magazine called The Business....

(Sky News

Sky News Australia

Sky News Australia is an Australian 24 hour cable and satellite news channel available in 2.5 million homes on Foxtel, Austar, Optus Television and Neighbourhood Cable subscription platforms....

)

James Kerley

James Kerley is an Australian TV presenter and radio presenter on Nova FM.-Career:Kerley was a co-host on the Nickelodeon kids’ show Sarvo between 2004 and February 2007, alongside Tony Brockman and in his first year won the Sarvote kids’ choice award for favourite new host...

– Cash Cab (Channel [V

Channel V Australia

Channel [V] Australia is an Australian subscription television music channel, and also the newest Channel [V] channel. It is available on Foxtel, Optus TV and Austar satellite and cable services...

])

Steve Liebmann

Steve Liebmann is an Australian television anchor and radio broadcaster, best known for co-hosting the Today news and current affairs show on the Nine Network between 1982 and 1986, and again from 1990 to 2005....

– Crime Investigation Australia (Crime & Investigation Network)

Stuart MacGill

Stuart Charles Glyndwr MacGill is a former right-arm leg spin bowler of the Australian cricket team, with a domestic career at Western Australia, New South Wales, Nottinghamshire, Devon and Somerset...

– Stuart MacGill Uncorked (LifeStyle Food

LifeStyle Food

LifeStyle Food is an Australian food channel, solely dedicated to food, wine and restaurant society. The channel is a subsidiary of The LifeStyle Channel, which runs 24 hours a day on the Foxtel and Austar.-Programming:******-External links:****...

)

Most Outstanding Performance by a Broadcast Journalist

Winner:

Kieran Gilbert (Sky News

Sky News Australia

Sky News Australia is an Australian 24 hour cable and satellite news channel available in 2.5 million homes on Foxtel, Austar, Optus Television and Neighbourhood Cable subscription platforms....

)

Nominated:

Rebecca Perrie (Fox Sports News

Fox Sports News

Fox Sports News is an Australian cable and satellite sports news channel. Owned by Premier Media Group and is the sister channel of Fox Sports.Fox Sports News launched on October 1, 2006. The channel runs live for 19 hours a day, broadcasting sports news...

)

Michael Willesee

Mike Willesee

Michael Willesee is an Australian television presenter.Mike Willesee came to prominence in 1967 as a reporter for the ABC's new nightly current affairs program This Day Tonight , where his aggressive style quickly earned him a reputation as a fearless political interviewer.-Career:Willesee figured...

(Sky News

Sky News Australia

Sky News Australia is an Australian 24 hour cable and satellite news channel available in 2.5 million homes on Foxtel, Austar, Optus Television and Neighbourhood Cable subscription platforms....

)

Gavin Morris (The Weather Channel

The Weather Channel (Australia)

The Weather Channel is an Australian 24 hour cable and satellite channel that broadcasts weather news and information. The Weather Channel is available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television.-History:...

)

Subscribers’ Choice

Favourite Program

Winner:

Australia's Next Top Model
Australia's Next Top Model
Australia's Next Top Model is an Australian reality television series, based on a franchise that was created by Tyra Banks with America's Next Top Model...

(FOX8

FOX8

Fox8 is an Australian cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television's subscription platforms...

)

Nominated:

American Chopper Australia
American Chopper
American Chopper is a reality television series that airs on Discovery Channel, produced by Pilgrim Films & Television. The series centers on Paul Teutul, Sr. and his son Paul Teutul, Jr. , who manufacture custom motorcycles. Orange County Choppers is in Newburgh, New York...

(Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel Australia

Discovery Channel is a television channel available on cable and satellite television in Australia. The Australian version of the Discovery Channel was previously operated by XYZnetworks, who also own the exclusive distribution rights for the channel.It was launched in July 1995, replacing the...

)

Dangerous
Dangerous (TV series)
Dangerous is an Australian television drama series that first screened on 16 January 2007 on FOX8 and was shown in Ireland on RTÉ One. In mid-2008, it began running on The WB's online network in the US....

(FOX8

FOX8

Fox8 is an Australian cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television's subscription platforms...

)

The King
The King (2007 film)
The King: The Story of Graham Kennedy is an Australian telemovie examining the life of Australian entertainer Graham Kennedy.Produced in Australia by the Sydney based independent production company Crackerjack Productions for TV1 and the Nine Network, The King was first shown on 20 May 2007 on TV1...

(TV1

TV1 (Australia)

)

Love My Way
Love My Way
Love My Way was a Logie Award winning and critically acclaimed Australian television drama series. It won the AFI award for Best Television Drama Series for each of its three seasons ....

(Showtime

Showtime Australia

)

Parkinson: The Shane Warne Interview
Parkinson (TV series)
Parkinson is a British television talk show that was presented by Sir Michael Parkinson. It was first shown on the BBC from 1971 to 2004, and on ITV from 2004 to 2007.-Background:...

(UKTV)

Satisfaction
Satisfaction (TV series)
Satisfaction is an Australian television drama series which screened on the subscription television channel Showcase. It also screens in the Republic of Ireland on free-to-air channel TV3 and its sister channel 3e and in New Zealand on free-to-air channel TV2 respectively.The series was filmed in...

(Showcase)

Stupid, Stupid Man
Stupid, Stupid Man
Stupid, Stupid Man is an Australian television comedy which originally aired on TV1. It is set in the office of a fictional men's magazine COQ , parodying such men's magazines as FHM and Ralph. The first season began broadcasting on 14 November 2006, and a second season began on 11 December 2007...

(TV1

TV1 (Australia)

)

Favourite International Program

Winner:

High School Musical 2 (Disney Channel

Disney Channel Australia

For the Disney Channel in other countries, see Disney Channel . For the original Disney Channel, see Disney Channel.Disney Channel Australia is a television channel that is broadcast in Australia and New Zealand...

)

Nominated:

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
The Daily Show
The Daily Show , is an American late night satirical television program airing each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. The half-hour long show premiered on July 21, 1996, and was hosted by Craig Kilborn until December 1998...

(The Comedy Channel

The Comedy Channel

The Comedy Channel is an Australian subscription television channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television.-History:...

)

Deadliest Catch
Deadliest Catch
Deadliest Catch is a documentary/reality television series produced by Original Productions for the Discovery Channel. It portrays the real life events aboard fishing vessels in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan king crab and C. opilio crab fishing seasons.The Aleutian Islands port of Dutch Harbor,...

(Discovery Channel Australia

Discovery Channel Australia

)

Dexter
Dexter (TV series)
Dexter is an American television drama series, which debuted on Showtime on October 1, 2006. The sixth season premiered on October 2, 2011. The series centers on Dexter Morgan , a bloodstain pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department who moonlights as a serial killer...

(Showcase)

Grand Designs
Grand Designs
Grand Designs is a British television series produced by Talkback Thames and broadcast on Channel 4 which features unusual and often elaborate architectural home-building projects....

(The LifeStyle Channel

The LifeStyle Channel

LifeStyle is an Australian television channel. The channel launched on 1 September 1997. The channel has an emphasis on contemporary lifestyle interests...

)

Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl is an American young adult novel series written by Cecily von Ziegesar and published by Little, Brown and Company, a subsidiary of the Hachette Group. The series revolves around the lives and romances of the privileged teenagers at the Constance Billard School for Girls, an elite...

(FOX8

FOX8

Fox8 is an Australian cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television's subscription platforms...

)

MythBusters Supersized Special
MythBusters
MythBusters is a science entertainment TV program created and produced by Beyond Television Productions for the Discovery Channel. The series is screened by numerous international broadcasters, including Discovery Channel Australia, Discovery Channel Latin America, Discovery Channel Canada, Quest...

(Discovery Channel Australia

Discovery Channel Australia

)

The Riches
The Riches
The Riches is an FX television series, which originally ran from March 15, 2007 to April 29, 2008, and starred Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver.-History:...

(Showcase)

Favourite International Personality or Actor

Winner:

Gordon Ramsay

Gordon James Ramsay, OBE is a Scottish chef, television personality and restaurateur. He has been awarded 13 Michelin stars....

– Hell's Kitchen (LifeStyle Food

LifeStyle Food

)

Nominated:

Minnie Driver

Minnie Driver is an English actress and singer-songwriter. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 1997 film Good Will Hunting, as well as for an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe for her work in the television series The Riches.- Early life...

– The Riches
The Riches
The Riches is an FX television series, which originally ran from March 15, 2007 to April 29, 2008, and starred Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver.-History:...

(Showcase)

Zac Efron

Zachary David Alexander "Zac" Efron is an American actor. He began acting professionally in the early 2000s and became known with his lead roles in the Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical, the WB series Summerland, and the 2007 film version of the Broadway musical Hairspray...

– High School Musical 2 (Disney Channel

Disney Channel Australia

)

Michael C. Hall

Michael Carlyle Hall is an American actor whose television roles include David Fisher on the HBO drama series Six Feet Under and Dexter Morgan on the Showtime series Dexter. In 2009, Hall won a Golden Globe award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his role in Dexter.-Early life:Hall was born in...

– Dexter
Dexter (TV series)
Dexter is an American television drama series, which debuted on Showtime on October 1, 2006. The sixth season premiered on October 2, 2011. The series centers on Dexter Morgan , a bloodstain pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department who moonlights as a serial killer...

(Showcase)

Eddie Izzard

Edward John "Eddie" Izzard is a British stand-up comedian and actor. His comedy style takes the form of rambling, whimsical monologue and self-referential pantomime...

– The Riches
The Riches
The Riches is an FX television series, which originally ran from March 15, 2007 to April 29, 2008, and starred Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver.-History:...

(Showcase)

MythBusters Team – MythBusters
MythBusters
MythBusters is a science entertainment TV program created and produced by Beyond Television Productions for the Discovery Channel. The series is screened by numerous international broadcasters, including Discovery Channel Australia, Discovery Channel Latin America, Discovery Channel Canada, Quest...

(Discovery Channel Australia

Discovery Channel Australia

)

Michael Parkinson

Sir Michael Parkinson, CBE is an English broadcaster, journalist and author. He presented his interview programme, Parkinson, from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007.- Early life :...

– Parkinson: The Shane Warne Interview
Parkinson (TV series)
Parkinson is a British television talk show that was presented by Sir Michael Parkinson. It was first shown on the BBC from 1971 to 2004, and on ITV from 2004 to 2007.-Background:...

(UKTV)

Trinny and Susannah

Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine are two British fashion advisors, presenters and authors. They originally joined to write a weekly style column in The Daily Telegraph which lasted for seven years, but they are best-known for presenting the BBC television series What Not to Wear for five...

– Trinny & Susannah Undress...
Trinny & Susannah Undress...
Trinny & Susannah Undress... is a British reality makeover and fashion-themed television programme on ITV featuring fashion advisors Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine....

(The LifeStyle Channel

The LifeStyle Channel

LifeStyle is an Australian television channel. The channel launched on 1 September 1997. The channel has an emphasis on contemporary lifestyle interests...

)

Favourite Male Personality

Winner:

Jimmy Barnes

(Max)

Nominated:

James Bracey

James Bracey is the Sky News Australia's Sports Reporter.While studying at the University of Newcastle, James got a job at Australia's subscription news channel Sky News Australia in 2004...

(Sky News

Sky News Australia

Sky News Australia is an Australian 24 hour cable and satellite news channel available in 2.5 million homes on Foxtel, Austar, Optus Television and Neighbourhood Cable subscription platforms....

)

James Kerley

(Channel [V

Channel V Australia

Channel [V] Australia is an Australian subscription television music channel, and also the newest Channel [V] channel. It is available on Foxtel, Optus TV and Austar satellite and cable services...

])

Cameron Knight

Cameron "Cam" Knight is an Australian comedian and television personality, born 1976 in Cummins, South Australia.-Career:He studied at the South Australian Centre for the Performing Arts before making his break into television as a member of the Big Bite sketch comedy show...

(The Comedy Channel

The Comedy Channel

The Comedy Channel is an Australian subscription television channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television.-History:...

)

Stuart MacGill

(LifeStyle Food

LifeStyle Food

)

Darren McMullen

Darren McMullen UK, USA and Australian television presenter. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland and emigrated to Australia at the age of 12. He now lives in Los Angeles...

(MTV

MTV Australia

MTV Australia is 24 hour general entertainment channel specialising in music and youth culture programming which serves Australia and New Zealand. It is operated by Viacom International Media Networks Australia owned by Viacom and primarily features imported shows as well as locally produced...

)

Ben O'Donoghue

Ben O'Donoghue is an Australian chef and television personality. Currently he is one of the hosts and contestants of The Best in Australia airing on LifeStyle Food.-Early years:...

(The LifeStyle Channel

The LifeStyle Channel

LifeStyle is an Australian television channel. The channel launched on 1 September 1997. The channel has an emphasis on contemporary lifestyle interests...

)

David Speers

(Sky News

Sky News Australia

Sky News Australia is an Australian 24 hour cable and satellite news channel available in 2.5 million homes on Foxtel, Austar, Optus Television and Neighbourhood Cable subscription platforms....

)

Favourite Female Personality

Winner:

Antonia Kidman

Antonia Kidman is an Australian journalist and TV presenter, and the younger sister of actress Nicole Kidman. She has 5 children.-Early life and family:...

(W.

W. Channel

W is an Australian cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television's subscription platforms. Originally a retro channel, it moved into Women's interest programming around the late 1990s...

)

Nominated:

Maz Compton (MTV

MTV Australia

)

Helen Dalley

(Sky News

Sky News Australia

Sky News Australia is an Australian 24 hour cable and satellite news channel available in 2.5 million homes on Foxtel, Austar, Optus Television and Neighbourhood Cable subscription platforms....

)

Charlotte Dawson

Charlotte Dawson is known in New Zealand for her roles as host of Getaway, How's Life? and Charlotte's Lists, in Australia as a judge on Australia's Next Top Model and as a host of The Contender Australia....

(FOX8

FOX8

Fox8 is an Australian cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television's subscription platforms...

)

Brooke Forster (Sky News

Sky News Australia

Sky News Australia is an Australian 24 hour cable and satellite news channel available in 2.5 million homes on Foxtel, Austar, Optus Television and Neighbourhood Cable subscription platforms....

)

Anna Gare

Anna Gare is an Australian musician and television personality. She is one of four judges on Channel Ten's reality television program, Junior MasterChef Australia, although she is neither a formally trained chef nor trained cook.-Biography:...

(The LifeStyle Channel

The LifeStyle Channel

LifeStyle is an Australian television channel. The channel launched on 1 September 1997. The channel has an emphasis on contemporary lifestyle interests...

)

Yumi Stynes

Yumi Tasma Stynes is a television presenter for an Australian morning show The Circle and television channel Max.-Early life:...

(Max)

Maggie Tabberer

Maggie Tabberer, AM, also known as Maggie T, is an Australian fashion, publishing and television personality.-Early life:She was born Margaret May Trigar on 11 December 1936 in Parkside, Adelaide, South Australia....

(Bio.

Bio.

Bio. is an Australian general entertainment channel available on Australia's Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television pay television services.- Series Programming :*Airline*The Dog Whisperer*Fashion File*Inside Edition...

)

Programming & Production

Most Outstanding International Program or Event

Winner:

The Riches
The Riches
The Riches is an FX television series, which originally ran from March 15, 2007 to April 29, 2008, and starred Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver.-History:...

(Showcase)

Nominated:

Discovery Atlas: India Revealed (Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel Australia

)

Mad Men
Mad Men
Mad Men is an American dramatic television series created and produced by Matthew Weiner. The series premiered on Sunday evenings on the American cable network AMC and are produced by Lionsgate Television. It premiered on July 19, 2007, and completed its fourth season on October 17, 2010. Each...

(Movie Extra)

Most Outstanding Event

Winner:

Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards 2007

The -8th annual Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards were held on 10 October at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. The show was hosted by The Veronicas and Zac Efron....

(Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon Australia

Nickelodeon is the Australian counterpart of the Nickelodeon network in the United States. It is operated by a joint venture of XYZnetworks and MTV Networks Australia.-History:...

)

Nominated:

Australia’s Next Top Model
Australia's Next Top Model, Cycle 3
Cycle three of Australia's Next Top Model premiered on 27 March 2007 and concluded on 5 June 2007. As with the first two cycles, the third season was broadcast exclusively on the Foxtel network FOX8 in Australia...

final (FOX8

FOX8

Fox8 is an Australian cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television's subscription platforms...

)

2007 Helpmann Awards

Helpmann Award

The Helpmann Awards recognize distinguished artistic achievement and excellence in Australia's live performing arts sectors. The recognized disciplines include musical and physical theatre, contemporary and classical music, opera, and dance, with a comedy category introduced in 2006...

(Bio.

Bio.

)

MTV Australia Video Music Awards 2007

The MTV Australia Video Music Awards 2007 was broadcast live from Acer Arena on 29 April 2007 on MTV Australia. It was then repeated on the Ten Network on 6 May 2007....

(MTV

MTV Australia

)

Sport Australia Hall of Fame (Fox Sports 3

Fox Sports (Australia)

)

Most Outstanding Short Form Program

Winner:

Snoop (MTV

MTV Australia

)

Nominated:

Action Earth
Action Earth
Action Earth is an Australian environmental series that airs on The Weather Channel and FOX8 on the hour, every hour. It is narrated by Olympic medallist Ian Thorpe....

(FOX8

FOX8

Fox8 is an Australian cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television's subscription platforms...

and The Weather Channel

The Weather Channel (Australia)

)

The Anzac Day
ANZAC Day
Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand, commemorated by both countries on 25 April every year to honour the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps who fought at Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. It now more broadly commemorates all...

interstital (The History Channel

The History Channel

History, formerly known as The History Channel, is an American-based international satellite and cable TV channel that broadcasts a variety of reality shows and documentary programs including those of fictional and non-fictional historical content, together with speculation about the future.-...

)

Tipping Point (The Weather Channel

The Weather Channel (Australia)

)

Most Outstanding Children’s Program

Winner:

Camp Orange: The Mystery of Spaghetti Creek
Camp Orange: The Mystery of Spaghetti Creek
Camp Orange: The Mystery of Spaghetti Creek is the name of the third season of the children's reality series Camp Orange. It was aired on Nickelodeon Australia in May 2007...

(Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon Australia

Nickelodeon is the Australian counterpart of the Nickelodeon network in the United States. It is operated by a joint venture of XYZnetworks and MTV Networks Australia.-History:...

)

Nominated:

As the Bell Rings: Treasure Map
As the Bell Rings (Australia)
As the Bell Rings is a Disney Channel original Interstitial program. The format is a selection of short live-action comedy sequences. It is an Australian adaption of the Disney Channel Italy Original Series Quelli dell'intervallo....

(Disney Channel

Disney Channel Australia

)

Most Outstanding Music Program or Coverage

Winner:

MAX Sessions: Powderfinger, Concert for the Cure
The MAX Sessions
The MAX Sessions is an Australian television program broadcast on MAX. It features intimate performances, by both Australian and over-seas artists, played mostly acoustically in a live set up, similar to MTV Unplugged.-History:...

(Max)

Nominated:

The Lair
MTV's The Lair
MTV The Lair is a live television show aired on MTV Australia which showcases unsigned and breaking artists as well as high profile international acts.-History:...

(MTV

MTV Australia

)

MAX Sessions: Jimmy Barnes
The MAX Sessions
The MAX Sessions is an Australian television program broadcast on MAX. It features intimate performances, by both Australian and over-seas artists, played mostly acoustically in a live set up, similar to MTV Unplugged.-History:...

(Max)

Rollin' with the Muster (Country Music Channel

Country Music Channel

Country Music Channel is an Australian cable and satellite music television channel owned and operated by XYZnetworks. It airs on Foxtel and Austar...

)

Snowjam (MTV

MTV Australia

)

Most Outstanding Sports Program

Winner:

On the Couch
On the Couch
On the Couch is an Australian television program focusing on the current issues in the Australian Football League. From its debut in 2002 through to 2006, it was shown on the now defunct Fox Footy Channel. Since then it has been broadcast on Fox Sports....

(Fox Sports 1

Fox Sports (Australia)

)

Nominated:

MTV Sports
MTV Sports
MTV Sports is a show that ran on MTV from 1992 to 1997. Dan Cortese hosts this Emmy-winning reality sports show featuring radical sports from around the country. It was later hosted by athlete/model Gabrielle Reece from 1993 to 1995....

(MTV

MTV Australia

)

NRL on FOX (Fox Sports 3

Fox Sports (Australia)

)

Total Football
Total Football
"Total Football" is the label given to an influential tactical theory of association football in which any outfield player can take over the role of any other player in a team. It was pioneered by Dutch football club Ajax from 1969 to 1973, and further used by the Netherlands National Football...

(Fox Sports 3

Fox Sports (Australia)

)

Most Outstanding Sports Coverage

Winner:

Wallabies

Australia national rugby union team

The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...

(Fox Sports 2

Fox Sports (Australia)

)

Most Outstanding Documentary

Winner:

Thanks for Listening (The History Channel

The History Channel

)

Most Outstanding News Program or Coverage

Winner:

APEC 2007

APEC Australia 2007

APEC Australia 2007 was a series of political meetings held around Australia between the 21 member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation during 2007...

(Sky News

Sky News Australia

Sky News Australia is an Australian 24 hour cable and satellite news channel available in 2.5 million homes on Foxtel, Austar, Optus Television and Neighbourhood Cable subscription platforms....

)

Most Outstanding LifeStyle Program

Winner:

Stuart MacGill Uncorked (LifeStyle Food

LifeStyle Food

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Most Outstanding Light Entertainment Program

Winner:

The Singing Office (FOX8

FOX8

Fox8 is an Australian cable and satellite channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television's subscription platforms...

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Most Outstanding Drama

Winner:

The King

The King (2007 film)

The King: The Story of Graham Kennedy is an Australian telemovie examining the life of Australian entertainer Graham Kennedy.Produced in Australia by the Sydney based independent production company Crackerjack Productions for TV1 and the Nine Network, The King was first shown on 20 May 2007 on TV1...

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TV1 (Australia)

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External links

ASTRA Awards - Official Website
ASTRA - Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association

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